Here is the introduction to the report, you can check out the full report and press release which are available as PDF attachments at the bottom of this page. More information will be available at the June 1st Annual Meeting.

Seventeen (17) members of LWVSC participated in the session… fourteen (14) from beginning to end.
LWVSC President Niles Medders convened the meeting and provided technical Zoom support. Program Planning & Events (PP&E) Co-Chair Craig Paterson prepared materials for the planning session and stepped the participants through the two-hour interactive sequence of activities including polling, small group conversations, and plenary sharing by participants.
At the end of the session, three (3) program priorities were chosen in a Zoom poll from a list of six (6) issues the participants had elected to discuss. These priorities will be proposed for adoption at the Annual Membership Meeting.

1. Racial Inclusiveness/Justice/Equity 91.67%
2. Voter Rights/Education 50.00%
3. Climate Change 33.33%

Preparation
Guidance for this year’s program planning was provided by League of Women Voters California (LWVC) in the fall of 2020. Through the LWVC website and an informative webinar, we received a two-part mandate for our session.
1. Submit up to three “Issues for Emphasis” to LWVC by March 1, 2021; and
2. Seek and include community input in our 2021 program priority decision process. The LWVC focus was “Making Democracy Work: An Equity Lens.”
To fulfill the second request from LWVC, the PP&E committee created what we called the “Listening Project 2021.” (Please refer to the information overview that is included with this report for details of our outreach efforts.)
“In that spirit, we encourage you to front end diversity, equity and inclusion in program planning by proactively reaching out to both League members and partners in your community.”
LWVSC Program Planning… Page 2
We invited “Community Partners” to join this outreach effort through the newsletter, a newspaper article, our website, social media, and word of mouth.